| A | B |
|---|
| 1690, Henry Kelsey | Fist European to visit Canadian plains. |
| 1750, Anthony Henday | Established first HBC trade routs and forts in the west. |
| 1774, Samuel Hearne | Established Cumberland House as HBCo's first inland trading post. |
| 1778, Captain James Cook | Anchored his two ships at Nootka Sound, Van. Isle. |
| 1789, Alexander Mackenzie | HeExplored the Mackenzie River right to its mouth at the Arctic Ocean. |
| 1791, Nootka Convention | Resolved the conflict between the British and the Spanish over claims on the west coast of N. America. |
| 1792, Captain George Vancouver | He exlored the passage between Vancouver Island and the Mainland |
| 1793, Alexander Mackenzie | First man overland to the North Pacific Coast |
| 1808, Simon Fraser | Explored the Fraser River right to its mouth. |
| 1811, David Thompson | Explored and mapped the Columbia River system. |
